Umbrella guard



April 15, 1930. H. M. VANDENHOVE UMBRELLA GUARD Filed Sept. 12, 1927 WITNESSES BY ATTORNEY Patented Apr. 15, 1930 PAT N'l GFFICE HAROLD M. VANDENHOVE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

UMBRELLA GUARD Application filed September 12, 1927. Serial No. 219,079.

This invention relates to an umbrella canopy locking device ornmbrella guard.

The principal object of the present invention is to provide an umbrella with means for locking the canopy closed against being opened by all others except the rightful person, to the end that wrongful taking of the umbrella will be discouraged.

The nature of the invention and its dis tinguishing features and advantages will appear when the following specification is read in connection with the accompanying drawing, in which- Figure 1 is an elevation showing a portion of the handle and the canopy of an umbrella, and the locking device of the present invention applied thereto and locking the canopy against being opened.

Fig. 2 is a longitudinal sectional view taken on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a View similar to Fig. 2, but showing a transposition of parts of the locking means which is withdrawn from locking engagement with the canopy.

Fig. 4 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on the line 4-4 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 5 is an enlarged transverse sectional view taken on the line 55 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the guide member.

The present invention essentially involves an umbrella which will include a canopy 10 having the usual ribs 11, a staff 12, and a handle 13.

Associated with the canopy 10, staff 12 and handle 13 is a locking means adapted to look the canopy 1O closed against being opened by all others except the rightful per son, the said locking means may be diversely formulated, and in the present instance consists of a permutation lock. The saidlocking means includes a guide member l l having a portion 15, a collar 16 at one end of the portion 15, and a reduced portion 17. The end of the portion 15 having the collar 16 has a bore 18 which receives one end of the staff 12 and is securely held therein in any suitable manner such as by the use of a pin 19. The portion 17 of the member 1 1 is received in a bore 20 in the handle 13 and is securely held therein in any suitable manner such as by the use of a pin 21. The member 14 is thus connected between the handle 13 and staff 12. The portion 15 of the guide member 14 has a longitudinal groove or lie'yway 22 which extends from the juncture of the portions 15and 17 to the collar 16. Said portion 15 also has a plurality of circular grooves o": keyways 23, there being three in the present instance, and each groove or keyway 23 communicates with the keyway 22, as shown most clearly in Fig. 6. A tubular member 246% suitable length surrounds the guide member 141 and one end thereof is adapted to sun-- round the related end of the handle 13 in sliding engagement; and the opposite end thereof is adapted to be brought into and out of surroundingengagement with the tips of the ribs 11 of the canopy 10. The tubular member 2 1 has sight openings 25 diametrically opposite each other. Ring members 26 are arranged within the tubular member 24 andsurround the portion 15 of the guide member 14:. One of the ring members 26 has a key 27 which fits into the longitudinal groove of keyway 22. Each ring member 26 is secured to the tubular member 2 1 in any preferred manner, and in the present instance each is secured by pins 28. The members 26 are arranged in spaced relationship disposed respectively adjacent thepppo'site ends of the sight openings 25. A plurality of tumblers 29 surround the portion 15 of the guide member 16, and are arranged between the ring members 26, there being three tumblers 29 in the present instance. Each tumbler 29 is in the form of a ring each one having a key 30 adapted to move in the longitudinal keyway 22 and its related circular keyway '23. Each of the tumblers 29 has a series of circumferentially arranged peripheral facets 31,

each of which has a number 32.

' When the canopy 10 is closed and the tubular member 24 is slid to the locking position, the end thereof relatedto the tips of the ribs 11 will surround the same, and the tumblers i 29 will be aligned respectively with the circular keyways 23. At this time it is to be ob served that the key 27 0f the ring member 26 prevents turning .moveinent of the tubular member 24 with respect to the guide member 15. It is also to be observed that the ring member 26 adjacent the collar 16, encounters said collar and limits the movement of the tubular member in one direction to a locking position which insures registration of the keys 30 of tumblers 29, respectively with the circular keyways 23. The keys 30 may be transposed by manipulating the tumblers 29 to prevent sliding movement of the tubular member 24 to disengage the end of the tubular member 24 from the tips of the ribs 11. In accordance with the present invention the keys 30 of the tumblers 29 will be coincidental with certain of the numbers 32 of the tumblers, and in the present instance the said numbers are 3, 5 and 1. It will therefore be understood that when the tumblers 29 are manipulated so as to bring the numbers 3, 5 and 1 in registration with one of the sight openings 25, that the keys 30 will be brought into alignment in the longitudinal keyway 22 permitting the tubular member 24 to be withdrawn from surrounding relationship with respect to the tips of the ribs 11. In withdrawing the tubular member 24, the ring member 26 adjacent the handle 13 will encounter the end of the handle and thus limit the movement of the tubular member toward the handle, as shown in Fig. 3. The canopy 10 may then be opened for the usual purpose. The tubular member 24 when fully withdrawn to the unlocking position may be turned thereby bringing the key 27 into engagement with a shoulder 33 on the member 14 to revent any unintentional movement of the tu ular member 24 toward the canopy 10.

When the canopy 10 is closed, the tubular member 24 may be slid to its locking position to lock the canopy 10 closed, it being understood that the tumblers 29 may be turned to bring about a transposition of the keys 30 thereof to prevent movement of the tubular member 24 to release the canopy.

I claim:

1. The combination with the canopy, canopy stafi', and handle of an umbrella, of a guide member rigidly connected between said handle and staff, a tubular member surrounding said guide member, coacting means on the guide member and the tubular member permitting sliding movement of the tubular member and preventing it from having turning movement, a series of tumblers each having a series of circumferentially arranged peripheral numbered facets, said tumblers arranged within the tubular member and surrounding said guide member, coacting portions on said tumblers, guide member and tubular member adapted to lock the tubular member against sliding movement out of engagement with said canopy to prevent it from being opened, said tumblers being manipu latable through openings in said tubular member to transpose portions of said tumblers to release said tubular member for sliding movement out of engagement with said canopy to permit the canopy to be opened.

2. The combination with an umbrella including a canopy and a handle; of a guide member rigidly connected with the handle, a tubular member surrounding said guide member, coacting means on the guide member and tubular member permitting sliding movement of the tubularmember and preventing it from having turning movement, and locking means within said tubular member and adapted to be actuated through an opening in said tubular member, to lock said tubular member against sliding movement out of engagement with said canopy, to prevent opening of the canopy, said locking means also being actuable through said opening, to release said tubular member for sliding movement out of engagement with said canopy, to permit opening of the canopy.

Signed at New York, in the county of New York and State of New York, this 10th day of September A. D. 1927.

HAROLD M. VANDENHOVE. 

